A Pain Less Ordinary

By: L.V. Pires

Narrated by: Courtney Parker

Becca's life is anything but ordinary. At 15, she's already experienced her share of pain. With a mom who drinks too much, a revolving door of father figures, and struggles at school, Becca wonders if she'll ever have a chance at a normal life. The only thing that keeps her sane is her little sister, Chloe; that is, until her mother's breakdown leads to her sister's disappearance.

A Pain Less Ordinary follows Becca as she figures out life on her own while searching for her family and her new role in the world. In this powerfully moving novel, L.V. Pires explores Becca's struggle with abandonment, drug abuse, homelessness, relationships, and how pain connects her to others.

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Powerful Read

This is a remarkable book! I'm so glad I shared it with my book club. We had a great discussion about what Becca goes through and how it relates to what we're seeing in the world today. Excellent writing and narration.

Wow! So Good!

I loved the writing of this story. Becca's pain is anything but ordinary. There are so many things she goes through. Her mom is horrible and had me so angry and then there's her little sister, Chloe, who is just a pawn in this whole mess. Her situation was so tragic. I had to fight back tears. Really good stuff. I look forward to listening to more of L.V. Pires' work.

Addictive read, All the feels.

This was a gripping read that sent me on a rollercoaster ride of emotions—there’s heartache (lots of that), laughs, searing anger, hope, outrage … just to name a few. I liked it. A few little aspects felt implausible to me, but one thing the author seemed to do well was paint what an absolute joke our ‘systems’ are—all of them. Mental health, physical health, child ‘protection’ services and more. Well done, overall.

4 stars.


Audio:
This narrator did a great job and the overall sound quality is good—professional. 4 stars.

Kids Could Relate

I think this book should be taught in schools. It's more up to date with what's going on in the world right now. Pretty sad, too. It's like a modern-day Outsiders.

A Pain Less Ordinary By L.V.Pires(Narrated by Cour

A book for the searchers of home .It tells of Becca and Authur who cheats on her and her strong mom who handles pain with ease.It looks at Becca's mom handling her manhandles and those who took advantage of narrator and her mom he doesn't care .It tells of Becca and her mom's lack of trust for men due to pain from their snowball.Her mom's luck of not having the police come after her in payment for her temper against her hurters.Her mom dealing with her hurt and family problem on her own .It looks at the Becca's contending with academics and family problems.It looks at battling people creating hurts and mess with neglect and no one to clean things up by Becca.
It looks at Michelle as Becca's families hope and the pain(out-in with Pa for out in ijaw) of lack of trust of Becca.It looks at Becca's relationship with Nick as a volunteer in life as a pain(pay-in) less ordinary.It highlights the importance of friendship and school and the trust of men looking at whether it was wrong to do so and whether such was prone to fluctuation and inconsistency.